Improvement in weather-strips



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N0.52,324. Patentedlune 23,1874..

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JAMES V. BISHOP AND TILLIAM P. FRENCH, OF IVASI'IINGTON, IOWA.

IMPROVEMENT IN WEATHER-STRIPS.

Specification forming part of Letters Patent No. 152,324" dated June 23,1874; application tiled April 18,1874.

To all whom 'it may concern Be it known that we, J AMEs V. BIsIIoP andWILLIAM P. FRENCH, of iashingtoin in the county of Washington and Stateot' Iowa, have invented a new and valuable Improvement infeather-Strips; and we do hereby declare that the following is a full,clear, and exact description of the construction and operation of thesame, reference being had to the annexed drawings making` a part of thisspecication, and to the letters and igures of reference marked thereon.

Figure 1 ot' the drawing is a representation of a horizontal section ofour device, and Fig. 2 is a detail view of the same. Fig. 3 is avertical section of the same.

Thisinvention has relation to weather-strips for outside doors; and itconsists in the combination of a iixed retaining strip, a springguardstrip, and a hinged weather-strip with a suitable packing, and asegment-shaped sillsupport for the weathenstrip when the door is open,as will be hereinafter explained.

In the annexed drawings, A designates a door-frame, B the door, and Othe door-sill, which latter has a segment-shaped extension, C', formedat the hinged side ot' the door. D designates a thin strip of metal ofsuitable width, and of a length nearly equal to the width of the door.This strip, which is the weather-strip proper, is suitably hinged to thedoor at a, so that when the door is shut it will overhang the front edgeof the sill G, as shown in Fig. 3, and when the door is open this stripwill rest upon the sill-extension O. E designates a strip of springmetal, which is secured to the door by its upper edge, so as to overhangthe upper portion of the weather-strip D, as shown in Figs. 2 and 3. Fdesignates another narrow strip of metal, which is permanently securedto the door, so as to overlap the upper edge of the strip E. This stripE is removable, and is secured in its place by means ot' screws whichpassthrough the overlapping edge of the upper strip F. Between thestrips D and E and the door we apply a packing, b, of cloth orindia-rubber, which will prevent rain from beating in behind theweather-strip.

Strips D, which are hung as described, will sometimes becomeinoperative, in consequence of substances getting between them and thedoor. For this reason we employ the intermediate strip E, which can bereadily removed when it is desired to obtain access to the upper hingedpart of the strip D.

NV hat we claim as new, and desire to secure by Letters Patent, is-

l. The combination of the intern'lediate removable strips E with thestrips D F, substantially as described.

2. The packing b combined with strips D, E, and F, substantially asdescribed.

ln testimony that we claim the above we have hereunto subscribed ournames in the presence of two witnesses.

JAMES V. BISHOP. IVM. P. FRENCH.

Witnesses:

A. M. BoswoRTH, C. A. ROGERS.

